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By H+H (registered) - website | Posted January 08, 2011 at 15:03:10

Thanks Shempatolla.

The Barton Tiffany area is near the waterfront, but not on the waterfront. As a result, I think it is a good place to build higher density residential. IMHO, there is nothing wrong with say 12 storey buildings that overlook the harbour in one direction and overlook the downtown and the escarpment on the other. As I've said before, I'm not naive enough to suggest St. James Town in Toronto. That was a planning and architectural mistake that Toronto, and the families living in its buildings, are still paying for.

True and well-designed urban density means the area could be home to a few thousand families instead of a few hundred. A few thousand families, as Shempatolla states, means you have the kind of critical mass that is attractive to local merchants. It's also a whole lot easier to keep schools open and healthy, not to mention a library, day care centre, and a community centre when you're drawing on thousands of families in the immediate area and not just hundreds. Like they say, everything connects.

gcrawford

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